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- Laying the groundwork for the next level of phage research in the PhilippinesThis week, Donna May Papa, Assistant Professor at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines, tells us about her lab's journey into phage research, and their plans for the future.
- Using the little things to tackle the big things: Can we use phages to impact climate change?This week, Jess Friedersdorff of Aberystwyth University in Wales tells us about her fascinating research into phages of the rumen microbiome.
- C&T Round Up for June 2020This week, we're rounding up an extra helping of June 2020's phage news and research.
- Kicking off PHAVES, our virtual event series!We kicked off PHAVES this Tuesday! We discussed Phage Directory's origin story and future directions, answered questions from the community, and hosted a series of small-group breakout sessions. Here's how it all went!
- Phage lysins as simple as LegoThis week, Prof. Yves Briers of Ghent University in Belgium takes us behind the scenes of his group's new paper on an efficient new way of engineering thousands of phage lysins at once.
- Phages for Global Health: Building phage laboratory capacity in East AfricaDr. Ritah Nakayinga attended the 4th Phages for Global Health workshop in Tanzania this year. This week she shares her experience at the workshop, its impact on her research, and the importance of phage training like this in East Africa.
- C&T Round Up for May 2020Continuing the new, once-monthly Capsid & Tail format we started in April, this week we're rounding up an extra helping of May 2020's phage news.
- Could phages cure asthma?This week, we're spotlighting CURE, a multidisciplinary project laying the foundation for treating and curing asthma with phages.
- The connection between alginate regulation and anti-CRISPR: Q&A with Dr. Adair BorgesThis week, Capsid & Tail's volunteer editor Dr. Rohit Kongari talks to UCSF's Dr. Adair Borges about the unexpected connection she's uncovered between phage anti-CRISPRs and the Pseudomonas alginate pathway.
- Creating a searchable directory of phagesWe're excited to share a sneak-peek into our progress toward creating a global phage catalogue and search tool!
- C&T Round Up for April 2020It's a challenge to pick from so many exciting phage-related developments each week, and our backlog is overflowing! So in place of a Feature Article, we're dedicating this week's issue to sharing an extra helping of phage news and articles…
- Not all viruses: Bacterial viruses against canine pyodermaPhages for dogs too? This week, Stephanie Lynch, a PhD candidate at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, tells us about her research into phages and endolysins to treat multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infections…
- Finding, using and classifying viruses: a Q&A with Dr. Evelien AdriaenssensThis week, Graça Pinto and Rodrigo Monteiro bring us a Q&A with Dr. Evelien Adriaenssens about her career studying phages and viromes, her thoughts on manipulating microbiomes with viruses, and how viral classification is changing.
- Phage Futures Congress 2020: Meeting RecapThe last time we were at a conference, it was Phage Futures Congress 2020 (Feb 5-6, 2020). Since we're all working from home, it's a perfect time to reflect back on the phage development community's recent progress.
- Phages to treat secondary bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients?Can phages help COVID patients? We've been hearing chatter about this subject from the phage community over the last few days, so we've decided to start the conversation here and keep it going. What, if anything, can the phage community do…
- Apply for Phage Directory-VoM Writing Awards!Attention student and postdoctoral phage biologists planning to attend Viruses of Microbes 2020 in Portugal this year! Phage Directory will be sponsoring two cash awards in collaboration with the Viruses of Microbes organizing committee,…
- Online communities and working from homeIn the spirit of social distancing and working from home, this week we're exploring some ideas and tools that enable online communities and allow teams to collaborate from around the world and to work from home.
- Tailoring phages for patients: Inside Baylor College of Medicine's TAILΦR initiativeThis week, a group of researchers led by Dr. Anthony Maresso at Baylor College of Medicine describe their new initiative, TAILΦR, which makes phages tailored to patients' infections.
- How to find phages for your researchNeed phages for your research? This week, we bring you a guide on how to use Phage Directory to find the phages you need.
- Insights into the elusive RNA bacteriophagesThis week, Julie Callanan, a PhD student at APC Microbiome Ireland and University College Cork, introduces us to RNA phages, why they're so elusive, and how her research is beginning to unravel their secrets.
